Oops! Sorry - that was misleading of me - I didn't meant that quoting 8.8 ounces was the law.
Quite the reverse - I was making a point that they sold quarter of a kg - with the 8.8 oz in brackets - meaning that they must sell by a metric unit however they're 'allowed' to show the bracketed 8.8oz (this was in reply to Carleton noting the use of 'quarter' in this aspect). In a 'physical' sweetshop if you ask for a quarter you'll get the metric equivelent of that (roughly 113.5 g) > Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:35:02 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [USMA:47523] RE: Tesco grocery chain in the UK is (at least online) > all metric > > > UK law does not require imperial pricing in food shops. It is allowed as a > supplementary indication but it is not mandatory. Metric unit pricing *is* > required as a minimum. > > Stan UK > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, 6 June, 2010 12:42:46 PM > Subject: [USMA:47519] RE: Tesco grocery chain in the UK is (at least online) > all metric > > ('or 8.8 ounces' as it says too). > > > That's the law, I'm afraid ;-) > _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now
